level out
phrasal verb
leveled out or levelled out; leveling out or levelling out; levels out
: to stop going up or down
Divorce rates are leveling out for the first time in decades.
My moods have leveled out.
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Prices began to fall not long after release, leveling out at $190 throughout last year.
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Paul Brett, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
There was an enhanced risk, the second level out of five, that severe thunderstorms on Sunday could form in parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley and bring lightning, wind gusts, hail and tornadoes.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Changes in any of these can throw your blood glucose levels out of whack.
—Alysse Dalessandro, Health, 18 Dec. 2024
Leaning into each individual’s identity without changes to level out their strengths in subsequent titles meant that their essences remained true.
—Jake Lang, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
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Paul Brett, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025
There was an enhanced risk, the second level out of five, that severe thunderstorms on Sunday could form in parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley and bring lightning, wind gusts, hail and tornadoes.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Changes in any of these can throw your blood glucose levels out of whack.
—Alysse Dalessandro, Health, 18 Dec. 2024
Leaning into each individual’s identity without changes to level out their strengths in subsequent titles meant that their essences remained true.
—Jake Lang, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for level out
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“Level out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20out. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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